SPED 9004 - Research Application and Seminar

3 cr.

This seminar serves as a culminating course for Special Education candidates enrolled in their practica experiences. Within the context of the Fitchburg State Education Unit Conceptual Framework, candidates use Massachusetts initial teaching license competencies and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) standards to reflect on and improve their teaching practices. Candidates complete a targeted literature review to ensure that they are using evidence based practices. Candidates also use the Renaissance Partnership for Improving Teaching Quality-Teacher Work Sample prompts and resources to design and implement an instructional unit to demonstrate impact on student learning. Knowledge of curriculum and effective instructional strategies is integrated with knowledge of formative and summative assessment and the results are reflected on by candidates as they develop a professional development plan.

Prerequisite(s): EDUC 9300 Corequisite(s): Take concurrently with SPED 8963 or SPED 8863 .